-avas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "avas"

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ābās.

Suffix

-avas (1st conj.)

  1. a suffix indicating the second-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar
    ‎amar (“to love”) + ‎-avas → ‎amavas (“[You] used to love”)
    ‎cantar (“to sing”) + ‎-avas → ‎cantavas (“[You] used to sing”)

Descendants

  • Galician: -abas
  • Portuguese: -avas

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -avas, from Latin -ābās. Compare Galician and Spanish -abas.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.vɐs/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈa.vɐʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.vas/
 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -avɐs, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -avɐʃ

Suffix

-avas (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)

  1. a suffix indicating the second-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar
    ‎amar (“to love”) + ‎-avas → ‎amavas (“[You] used to love”)
    ‎cantar (“to sing”) + ‎-avas → ‎cantavas (“[You] used to sing”)

See also

Spanish

Suffix

-avas

  1. feminine plural of -avo
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